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2-(Sec. I) Statesman, Salem, Ore., FrL, Sept. 7, '56 Astronomers Stare, Cameras Click as T Mars Moves Closest to Earth in 32 Years By ALTON L. BLAKESLEK AP Sdeac tfrt NEW YORK, Sept OT-Mari flirted with earth tonight, fiving us its closest tantalizing Wink in 32 yean. ; ,. '.,.;,, iTWs time the red-hued planet may yield some answers to Hs se crets. Motion picture through the telescope'i eye could help. ... v - Astronomers over tM world tuned in telescopes, hoping to solve puzzles of Mars', "canals," its red deserts, its green or blue "gardens" of vegetation; dust storms, thin polar icecaps, and mysterious "W" shaped clouds sometimes seen on its face. -Ordinary persons looked up and wondereddoea Mars hear life like ours? 1 Judging from a bombardment of telephone calls.' many want to think there is, said an astronomer t the Hayden Planetarium, New York. Maybe, he said, they want to think we are not alone in the universe. " These hopes appear dashed. Most astronomers think the only life on Mars could be low forms of plant life. - Mars is traveling through space at 1$ miles a second, or M,000 miles an hour. But actually It will be only several hundred thousand miles closer tonight than last night, because it is traveling on an are is respect to earth. The great tantalizing problem is that Mart is so difficult to see dearly, due to the shimmer1 caused by ear own atmosphere. Only for '1115 C3I0iXGKIID MM- , ; - I 1 I 1 -. Open 4:4J . ENDS TOMORROW! ,.'-v r ' .. . ' '. ' '! I.' .V.' -' ' Thrilling First Run Show M-Q-HTs Different A" yi V m mr' 1 WIVIHI I Wills' , ) Jeanne CRAIN "ANNIE GET : STARTS Continuous 'UHhiihlil! a THE DRAMA OP A 1 WOMAN BETRAYEDI DStOSAlt H0LDENKERR ALSO A fin? maw-ope I ea'.urette: : ' I-h't l Swims' r 1 fleeting moments sometimes can the human eye or camera eye see it clearly. The great eve of the 200-inch telescope at Palomar Observatory will not be looking. Its powerful magnification also magnifies the smudging from the earth's shim mering air, and doesn't give pic tures with clearer detail than those from smaller telescopes. ' But smaller telescopes at Mt. Wilson Observatory in California will try to pierce through this shimmering dance with motion picture exposures. Some frames might hit it right getting glimpses when the earth's air in effect was Two Register In Fire Class Two Salem men have registered for a special oil fire control school to be held in Tscoma, Wash., Sept 14-15, according to an announce ment from the sponsors. They are Donald J. Reinke, Sa lem fireman, and Elmer H. Hal lead, public service training super visor for State Vocation Education. The first program of its type to be undertaken in the Northwest, the school is sponsored by Western Oil and Gas Association with the cooperation of Washington State Board of Vocation Education, Washington , State Association of Firs Chiefs and Washington State Firemen's Association. l,t.lf) Wssteraj-! fcFl PUN ..." YOUR GUN" SUNDAY :: 1 From 1:41 n At Salem's Finest Family Entertainment Center di.ldh-ri.IH af HE Faced th I Fury of Gerorumo Alonaf fcxtiting I ft . aW,. If i it A ITaate with the Excitement of America's Most Dsagereas Days! . Van Heflin Susan Heyward "TAP ROOTS" Color by Technicolor standing still. At least 16 observatories over the world are cooperating in Mars' studies, and reporting find ings to an International Mars Com mittee with headquarters at Low ell Observstory. Flagstaff, Ariz. It may be months before the findings made tonight, or any time this summer or fall, are pieced together into a reliable scientific story of what was actually seen. A few days ago Soviet astrono mers ' reported seeing striking changes on Mars particularly bright spots in the Southern Hemi sphere, and a bright line on the sphere on Aug. 26. Two days later this line had split in two. Was it, as the Soviets suggested, perhaps snowfall ? Oust clouds are frequently seen. The picture drawn by astrono mers so far is that Mars is most ly a red desert that's why it shines so red in our sky hot by day, cold by night, with little oxygen, only enough water every- Fair's 4-H Awards Near Home Stretch Prizes were fewer arid awards more difficult to capture Thursday as the Oregon State Fair 4-H show started down its 195 home stretch. Among the Thursday top places winners were Marie DuRette, Woodburn. using dairy foods to demonstrate rules of good cookery and nutritious meals, who won honors and a wrist watch in a spe cial dairy demonstration. Winning team in this demonstration includ ed Donna Pier son and Nancy Fos ter. Hood River. Rose Meier, Hillsboro. a nine-year-old club member, canned peaches and green beans to win a $10 college scholarship in a 4-H canning e e t e s t. Champion 4-H agricultural demonstrations in two divisions completed Thursday gave summer school scholarships to Gloria Johns, II, and Christine Snyder, 14, Toledo. Larry Foster. 12. and Roger Pearson, 15. both of Hood River, gave the prize-winning demonstra tion for the grouped divisions of entomology,-forestry, field crops and beekeeping. Rainier Couple Leave for U.S. LE HAVRE, France, Sept. 8 im Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace of Monaco went aboard ship tonight for a voyage to the United States. The couple will visit New York and Philadelphia. Returning to Monaco by Nov. 29, a national holiday. I Vocdburn Drive-In Wed. Than. FrL Sat "20,000 lwgwejuBd.rth.Ssa" Kirk Douglas Pins "fefttlnele Uprblna" George Montgomery SILVERT0N Drive-ln Theatre riday-Satwdar-twiea "Saskatchewan" Mm "Man Without A Star" Kirk Devflai DALLAS MOTOR-VU Gates open 6:45, show st dusk Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Malone in "AT GUNPOINT" cinemascope second feature Tens Ewell, Sheree North ia THE UEUTENTANT WORE SKIRTS" cinemascope Continuous Shew From 1:00 fM. ' Fy TicMMiAnLne , Sudie Murphy , ' ANNl BANCROrTPAT CROWUCT Co-Hit where to fill Lake Erie, with inches-thin polar caps of frost or ice, with dark areas probably being sturdy, low-form vegetation. Until they learn more, you can look and make your own guess. Gas Station Planned for Access Road Plans for a $40,000 service sta tion project on the east access road to the Salem bypass were an nounced Thursday by General Pe troleum Company officials. Event ually a large restaursnt will be built in conjunction with the sta tion. Robert Elmore, district sales manager for the firm, said the project will be located south of Market Street on 400 feet of prop erty purchased from Ben Braught for about $25,000. The petroleum firm also has purchased additional property from Russeil DeLapp (or a sum not an nounced. Elmore said the project will be what he called a travelers' type service station. Plans call for com pletion sometime this fall. Access problems raised by the Slate Highway Department have reportedly complicated planning of the restaurant. Elmore said it has not yet been decided on which side of the bypass the restaurant would be located. Th new station will be leased under direction of Warren Doo little. Salem distributor for Gener al Petroleum products. Fatal Switch Shift Related By Trainman SPRINGER. N.M., Sept. 8 Ufr-A railroad employe told today of his spurrof-the-moment throwing of a switch which caused the Santa Fe Chief to crash into a parked mail train. Twenty meif, all employes of the railroad, lost their lives yester day in the collision on a siding six mies south of this northern New Mexico town. Pete Caldarelli of Raton, fire man on the mail train, testified at an inquest that he threw the switch at the last moment be cause he thought someting was wrong with it. He displayed little emotion on the witness stand. Yesterday he had spent the day in bed under sedation for shock. He gave this account of his life-and-death action: "We pulled into Robinson switch about one minute ahead of sched ule. The Chief was s couple of minutes late. I stood across the track from the switch about 25 feet. "Just before the Chief reached the switch, it suddenly occurred te me that there must be some thing wrong with the switch. "I don't know what made me think that. I ran across the track, opened the lock and threw the switch just as the Chief Came up. Then there was a terrible crash." The 312 passengers aboard the Chief, most of whom were sleeping st the time of the crash, escaped death or serious injury, Traffic Court's Bargain Day Reduces Fine MINEOLA, N.Y., Sept. .Un it was bargain day in traffic court today. Andrew T. Hewitt, 57, said he had only (20 after being fined $25 lot driving without a license. "All right, I'll make your fine $20." said Judge Lyman D. Hall. Hewitt found he had only $19. The fine was reduced to $19. Then Hewitt complained this would leave him ns money to get home on, and the judge cut the fine to $11. I r-5VAs ml lOVt-JUVIStlM TBI? SETS 1KIC1 UUMI1 VICTOR JAN FT MATURE '.LEIGH a TECHNICOLOR (0IMaJtsif$S)tf Adventure Co-Hit! SAFAR TONY COUHN CU3TIS MILLER The Weather Max. Mln. Bain .... it 44 .00 Aetorla Baker Medford North Bend ... 89 34 52 4 48 4S St 41 7 SI 73 72 SS 4 4 . 93 .4 Portland ... , SS Salem SI Chicago Denver 7 Fort Worth 84 Loa Anaelet " .61 .00 .01 .00 .M .39 .00 .00 Miami 87 New York ..' 81 San Franclaco SS Seattle SS Spokane 77 .00 Washington, D. C Today'i forecait (from U. S Weather Bureau. McNary Field. Sa lem! : Late night ana morning low cloudlnnu tndav, tonight and Satur day, with mostly tunny afternoon. High both days near 80. Low tonlgnt near 'SO. Willamette River: -II feet. Temp. 12.01 a.m. today SS. Salem Precipitation Since start of weather year Sept. 1 To date Laat year Normal .00 - ,oo Mob Gathers At School in Texarkana By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Racial tension flared up in the Texas-Arkansas border city of Texarkana Thursday as bayonets of Kentucky National Guardsmen opened a path through a fist swinging mob for nine Negroes to enter Sturgis. Ky., High School. (Picture oa WlrephoU page) In the Texarkana incidents, all on the Texas side of the city, a shotgun blast was fired into a Negro-owned service station and a .cross was burned and a Negro : - . To. vf tin, igi u im ai . ia arkana Junior College, where two Negro girls enrolled yesterday. A mob of 500 yelling townspeo ple clashed with National Guards men in Sturgis as the nine Ne groes, who had walked a mile to the previously all-white school, reached the building. After the Negroes were inside, guardsmen pushed the crowd back across the street where members shouted threats that the Negroes "won't be in school all day." Armed with riot guns and bay onets, guardsmen formed a solid protective wall around the Negroes as they filed out at the end of the session. The crowd hurled taunts to "get you niggers if it takes all year." and surged forward as the Negro students entered waiting cars. Guardsmen prevented anyone from reaching either the students or the cars. Turning to approximately 100 white children also leaving school, the crowd shouted "go on back in. iyou nigger lovers. ny aon i you go norm wun inose niggers, ine white children were not harmed and quickly melted into the crowd. In Frankfort, Ky., Gov. A. B. Chandler issued a statement re gretting It was necessary "to use this means of guaranteeing equal rights to our citizens, but that we must do." Freighter Hits Coastal Reef ABERDEEN, Wash.. Sept. 6 The 4.426-ton Liberian registry freighter Seagate went aground on a reef north o." here today and several hours later the Coast Guard removed 26 of the crew b jause the vessel was in danger of breaku.g up. The ship, far off course on a voyajre from Tokyo to Vancouver, B. C, went aground on Sonora Reef, 5 miles north o, this r cific Coast port, shortly after 3 p. m., PST. Two Coast Guard cutters are standing by the Seagate and sev eral others are enroute to the stricken vessel. 35 Injured in Boat Mishap NEW. YORK. Sept. 6 About 35 persons were injured today when a Circle Line sightseeing boat struck the understructure of the bridge spanning the Harlem River at 138th St. and Madison Ave., police reported; Police said 10 persons were taken to Beth David and Knicker bocker hospitals and about 25 others attended at the scene of the accident. It was the second such mishap to a sightseeing boat in recent weeks. Grandma Moses To Observe 96th Birthday Today EAGLE BRIDGE, N.Y., Sept. 6 (JrV-A charming little lady known the world over as Grandma Moses will be 96 tomorrow. But it will be just another day in the life of Mrs. Anna Mary Robertson Moses, who began painting in her late 70s and gained recognition of her primi tive art. No celebration is planned. Short Career Ended by Death ROSEBURG, Sept. 6 If) A school teacher was found dead at his home here today only one day after beginning his new profes sion. James Lee Harvey, 58, had been a merchant seaman for U years. He decided to become a teacher and obtained his credentials from the University of Oregon this year. He started teaching at the Camas Valley school yesterday. Principal J. Clyde Aky found him dead this morning. PUBLISHER SUCCUMBS SANTIAGO. Chile, Sept. Agustirt Edwards Budge, owner of the Mercurlo chain of newspapers, died unexpectedly today of a heart attack. He was S7. U.S. Offers to pen Talks ith Romania WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 l-The United Stales, in a surprise move, has offered to open talks with Communist Romania Oct. IS In an effort to improve relations be tween the two countries. , The State Department disclosed today it has proposed that the talks be held in Bucharest, the Romanian capital, with Minister Robert H. Thayer representing the United States. While the Romanian government is understood to have agreed in principle to a discussion, it hasn't yet accepted the October date. But it is expected to do so within a few days. State Department offi cials said. To set the stage for the confer ence, the department disclosed it has eased trsvel restriction on Romai.ian diplomats here. This move came two weeks after Ro manian authorities relaxed simi lar travel restrictions on American diplomats in Romania. Top American officials said the proposed conference would serve to test the sincerity of Romania's professed desire to put relations with the United States on a friend lier basis. Acid-Stained Fountain Due For Repairs PORTLAND, Sept. St - Work men will begin tomorrow to dis mantle the noted Skidmore Foun tain for repairs. Bronze figures on the fountain. depicting Grecian maidens, re cently were stained when city workmen used scid in cleaning the fountain. The figures will be taken to Vancouver, Wash., where James llansoa, sculptor, will restore them in his studio. City Commissioner Ormond R. Bean said the city ard advisory commission is expected to submit a recommendation later on wheth er the fountain should be re placed at its present location near the waterfront or be moved. Klamath Meat Plant Burns KLAMATH FALLS, Sept. 6 Itv Fire destroyed the Bratton Meat Packing Co. plant today. Firemen said the late afternoon blaze started in the smokehouse of the plant, five- miles southwest I of here, possibly from a leak in j a bottled gas line. The structure; was enveloped in flames wilhin ' minutes. An adjoining locker plant was saved. Bill Bratton, company owner, estimated the loss at $100,000. He ; said the firm lost its original i building in a 1942 fire at the same 1 location. ; in i fflflnMii !S2I -jAr Fun for all -jAr Square' dance demonstra tion by Mose Van Dell's "Homesteaders". it Oregon's top callers. 'It's free, of course. Entrance to dance through parking ramp. Plan now to attend this gala evening of square dancing. ANOTHER PUBLIC SERVICE : " of ' . mvi't fanA Theatre Time Table rt.SINORB PROUD A PROrANI" 7.00, 10:07 "LIVING SWAMP" ( 91 CAPITOL (Continuous from 1 pm ) "WALK THE PROUD LAND" 3:15, 7:01. 10:47 I'TAP ROOTS" 1:00, 4:4, S:S1 NORTH SALE'S! DRIVC-IN (Gtteiopenat6:4S. Show at duak.) "SAFARI" Victor Mature. "RAWHIDE YEARS" Tony Curtis. HOLLYWOOD' "FASTEST GUN ALIVE": 7.00, 10:37 "ANNIE GET YOUR. GUN": S O0 Silverton Man Hurt in Wreck Stateunaa New Service SILVERTON, Sept. S A Silver ton man was injured and the car he was riding in was demolished in a one-car accident tonight on the Abique Creek bridge between Suverton and Mt. Angel. Harry John Fisher, Silverton Rt 3. Box 102B, was undergoing ex amlnation late tonight for a pos sible leg fracture, Silverton hospi tal attendants said. His condition seemed to be good, they said. Traffic was tied up for about a half hour by the car which came to rest crossways in the middle of the bridge after shattering a sec tion of the heavy wooden guard rail at the north end of the bridge about 9:45 p.m.. State Policeman Norman Johnson said. The car, which was "demolished," was re moved by a neighboring farmer with a tractor to let the IS cars lined up in each direction through as soon as possible, he said. Warren John Hopp, 2230 Strong Rd., Salem, was charged with be ing drunk on a public highway, Johnson said. 50,000 Signatures Urge MacArthur For U.S. Senate NEW YORK, Sept. 6 W- The committee to draft Gen. Douglas MacArthur as a candidate for the U.S. Senate announced today it had obtained 50,000 signatures urg ing the Republican party to nom inate the general. The organization said it hoped to have 100.000 signatures by Sept. 10. FREE LECTURE Tonite Only-8 P. M. On Hypnotics The Truth About Bridey Murphy" Dr. Mahra, Coral Room, Marion Hotel On the Roof! Friday, Sept. 7 9:15 p.m. CANNING PEACHES Salem's Lowest Prices ,i -'. ... Lettuce Largt, BH It aV Local Canning 7 b Oranges . . 59 ffnato Dillard Cantaloupe EARLY-BIRD SPECIALS 10 te 12 A M. Saturday Only 1ST FOODS rft mayonnaise j oleo 4 1 75 CHEESE 2 u 69' MEAKFAJT (UP f A COFFEE UM0UI1 t SUCED BACON . M CAPITOL Catsup a ALL 5c CANDY BARS AND GUM CANNING Fruit Jars BREAKFAST CUP Coffee FANCY IDAHO BEEF Ground Beef pJ 85 Rib Steaks Pot Roast FANCY YOUNG MUTTON Legs ib 29 Chops . . . . ib. 29 Shoulders Stew ARMOUR'S Sliced Bacon . )b. 39 We Reserve the Right te limit-No Salts to Dsalors Pries Good Through Thursday lAVinG&TER; Portland Road, SALEM 2 ,.19 Firm Htadt fflBaSJ Bfe. 7 lb. I s i in L fori? 10 , 39 (to., . dT 89 lb. eii ,,39 as J9 3 1 25 i Edgowotor St. west salem